Cybersecurity

Definition

The art of defending your digital assets against people who want to steal them. It's a constant battle between hackers getting smarter and security teams getting exhausted.

Example Usage

We hired a cybersecurity consultant after our database was breached, realizing we'd been using 'password123' as our admin password.

Source: Information security and IT terminology

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